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Suspected Bomber 'Not a Devout Muslim,' Wife Says
Farouk Arnaz | April 18, 2011

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Mohammad.Gandhi
11:42pm Apr 24, 2011

Devine, for muslim country liquor store should not be exist, it is prohibited. Just like you are selling gun or other fire weapon in Glodok or Mangga Dua Jakarta which is prohibited. It is not about fall into temptation, it is not suppose to be exist.

Divine why are you now insulting our teaching that request woman to wear hijab? Do you think catholic nuns who wear the same fashion also deserve same insult? Woman can wear kebaya as long as it is not in public which can be seen by other men who are not her husband. Woman can wear kebaya among women. Most people understand this wrongly, it is assumed that hijab should be worn all the time by muslimah.

If you are talking about alcoholic drinks and non muslim, as I said they can have it, we don't mind but please don't do it openly as if it is mocking muslim belief that prohibit alcoholic drink. It is not about tolerance but it is about manner to respect others who is not allow to touch alcoholic drink. What do you think if you are talking about excitement and fun in funeral? You can keep your excitement and fun for yourself to honor and show empathy to family of the deceased. It is the same logic.

Devine you may wish for it won't come true, but you see the reality. It is now everywhere. Many provinces started to adopt sharia partially, or adopt the concept without mentioning sharia to avoid controversy. It is in the making. Next election insya Allah it will be much better than now. But you should not be worry because sharia is meant for muslim only. As it is in Malaysia you should not be worry to enjoy your beer in your hotel although when religious police is doing inspection, once you show that you are not muslim than they will not bother.

devine
8:17pm Apr 24, 2011

Thanks for your post MG. Exactly you confirm our worries: if you are really a good Muslim THEN you can walk by a liquor store without being tempted and you do also not need to force your wifes into unfavorable shape cloth... if you are a GOOD muslim you dont have a problem seeing a woman in a traditional Kebaya without thinking sex and all sort of things...

Their is about 15% (37.5 MILLION!) of our population who are not Muslims and they should have the right for freedom, and if they wish even to buy and enjoy a beer... it is all about TOLERANCE and RESPECT for others. And that is why your dream will not come true. Because it disrespects dissent.

PeterGriffin
8:07pm Apr 24, 2011

MG - If you don't like it here get your [self] on a plane and go to Saudi or Pakistan.

Mohammad.Gandhi
8:01pm Apr 24, 2011

Valkyrie, my intention is to correct wrong understanding about what most people are cursing about Islam. You are campaigning about me for what purpose? You should not be childish as the way you are commenting about Islam that you don't know at all. You hate Islam because you make your own assumption and you don't want to seek the truth.

Mohammad.Gandhi
7:49pm Apr 24, 2011

Devine, why are you only whining about me not answering question. I have tried to explain my view regardless all bad judgements that come with initial bad prejudice toward my view. How can you say that I contradict my own post? We are talking about putting religious lifestyle in the right way. I gave my example about majority of Indonesian are muslims, alcoholic drinks are not muslim friendly, if it is allowed for non muslim then it should not be sold openly in public considering it is forbidden for muslims. Which one that is contradicting one to another?

Question about sharia law and story about girl suspected was raped, I have explained. You can't judge sharia only because you think that one part is controversial, which I explained also that the controversial part about the girl being punished, ulema should evaluate base on Qur'anic principles to seek guidance so justice can be served accordingly.

For Sri Maliha, the questions surrounding her husband’s alleged transformation into a suicide bomber and the consequences of his deadly actions hang as heavy as the soon-to-be-born child in her belly.

Speaking on Sunday, Maliha said it was difficult to accept that her husband had blown himself up in a packed Cirebon mosque last week.

“I hope it is not him. Somehow I believe that he will come home as he had promised me,” she said while fighting back tears.

Police announced on Sunday that DNA testing had confirmed that her husband, 31-year-old Muchamad Syarif, was the bomber and sole fatality in the suicide blast that injured scores.

Maliha, 26, recounted the last time she saw her husband.

“On that day, April 3, before he left, he only said to me, ‘I will go for a while, but I will be by your side and pick you up when you are giving birth,’” she said.

“When he left the house, he just brought with him a bag of clothes and a laptop. He wore blue jeans and a black jacket. He used public transport.”

As Maliha spoke at her home in Panjalin Kidul, Majalengka, about one hour’s drive from Cirebon in West Java, she held her mother’s hand tightly and painted a picture of her husband that seemed at odds with the religious fervor associated with acts of terror.

“He was a good husband who sometimes led the prayer as an imam. But he was not a devout Muslim, I guess. He never conducted sunnah fasting or sunnah prayers,” Maliha said, referring to optional fasting and praying.

“He did not graduate from an Islamic boarding school or have a jihad [holy war] book collection. He was just like an ordinary man that socialized with people.”

Maliha said her husband had never been absent for more than two days before, usually telling her he was off to see his mother in Cirebon.

“But since the day that he left, he had never made contact, even by telephone. I waited and waited and tried to contact him but failed,” she said.

She said Syarif had told her he was going to look for a good job. A dropout from a design school in Bandung, he had recently earned extra money by designing T-shirts, stickers and banners.

Maliha also expressed doubt that the man identified as Syarif in police photos was her husband.

“The man in this picture looks fatter than my husband. He does not have any scars on his leg, but he wears shoes of size 43 and is bucktoothed. I am not sure that is my husband,” Maliha said.

She said they got to know each other because of a wrong number. They continued to chat on the phone and finally agreed to meet, after which they began casually dating, a practice frowned upon by fundamentalist Muslims, according to Maliha.

They were married in August last year.